RT Article
T1 Media Coverage of Police Sexual Misconduct in Seven Cities: A Research Note
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 42
IS 4
SP 833
OP 844
A1 Lopez, Kristina M.
A2 Forde, David R.
A2 Mitchell Miller, J.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764208366
AB As a supplemental component of a larger confidential analysis of police sexual misconduct (PSM) in “Central City”, this study examines news accounts of PSM events in seven comparable metropolitan cities in the United States. Google search was used to identify media news reports to estimate PSM, standardized for city population and size of police force. Findings indicate that PSM rates vary by city, events typically implicate a male officer and a female victim, and most media reports involved an arrest that may signal under-reporting. Observation of commonalities across the sample cities informs discussion of the need for transparency and preventative measures.
K1 Purposive sampling
K1 Police sexual misconduct
K1 Media content analysis
DO 10.1007/s12103-016-9384-0